In a double slit experiment the distance between the slits is 0.1 cm and the screen is placed at 50 cm from the slits plane. When one slit is covered with a transparent sheet having thickness
and refractive index
, the central fringe shifts by 0.2 cm . The value of
is
cm.
Text Solution
Verified by ExpertsThe correct answer is:
C
Given:
, Shift 
Optical path difference by sheet:
Shift of central fringe: Shift

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